E

e-book, e-book

e-commerce, e-commerce

e-form, e-form

e-learning, e-learning

e-words, e-words

e-zine, e-zine, webzine

e.g., e.g.

earlier, General guidelines, above, earlier

eBooks, Make the right content choices

-ed, words ending in, Machine translation syntax

edit, edit

edition, Version identifiers

Editor, Editor

edutainment, edutainment

effect vs. affect, affect vs. effect

either/or, either/or

elastic service capacity, Cloud terminology, dynamic service capacity, elastic service capacity

electronic information, citing, Books, examples–Page breaks, Page breaks

Electronic Styles, Books, examples

elements, XML tag, element, and attribute formatting–Readme files and release notes, Other formatting, Readme files and release notes

Elements of International English Style, The (Weiss), Print resources

Elements of Nonsexist Usage, The (Dumond), Do not use stereotypes of people with disabilities

ellipsis (.. ), Ellipses, Ellipses

ellipsis button, ellipsis button

em dash (-), Capitalization and punctuation, Dashes, Em dash

capitalization after, Capitalization and punctuation

HTML code for, Em dash

email, email, email, spam

email addresses, formatting, URLs, addresses

email message, email

email messages, citing, Discussion list messages and email, examples

embed, embed, imbed

empathetic tone of communication, Attitude

emphasis, formatting conventions, Document conventions, Capitalization

en dash (-), Commas in numbers, Hyphens, hyphenation, Dashes, En dash, Ellipses

HTML code for, Ellipses

in compound adjectives, Hyphens, hyphenation

in number ranges, Commas in numbers

enable and enabled, enable, enabled

encouraging tone of communication, Attitude

end, -able, -ible, close, enable, enabled, end

End key, Key names

end user and end-user, end user, end-user

End-User License Agreement, End-User License Agreement

endline, endline

endorsements, Legal issues with worldwide content

endpoint, endpoint

ensure, ensure

enter, Toolbars, combo box, enter, press, type vs. enter

Enter key, Key names

enterprise, enterprise

Enterprise Approach to Gov 2.0, An, Make the right content choices

entitled, titled vs. entitled

entry, entry

entry field, entry field

environment, operating environment, operating system, platform

environment variable, environment variable

environment variables, formatting, Document conventions

erase, erase

error codes, documenting, What to include in a reference topic

error messages, Attitude, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Errors, Errors, International considerations–Confirmations, International considerations, Confirmations, alert

international considerations, International considerations–Confirmations, Confirmations

passive voice in, Sentence structure and grammatical choices

sorry, use of, Attitude

errors, Machine translation syntax, Errors

Esc key, Key names

established usage, Anthropomorphism

et al., et al.

etc., etc.

EULA, EULA

euro, euro–executable file, euro, executable file

event names, formatting, Document conventions

evergreen approach to content, Video content for the web

examples, for worldwide audience, Do not use racial, cultural, sexual, and other stereotypes, Examples and scenarios

exceptions, documenting, What to include in a reference topic

exclamation point (!), Punctuation

executable file, executable file, execute, program file

execute, carry out vs. run, execute, run vs. execute

exit, abort, exit

expand, expand, collapse

expiration date, time bomb, timebomb

expiration dates, Legal issues with worldwide content, Legal issues with worldwide content

expose, expose

extend, extend

Extensible Markup Language (XML), XML tag, element, and attribute formatting

extension, extension, file name extension, file extension

extranet, Internet, intranet, extranet–italic, italic